Clothes pin basket



Aug. 25, 1959 2,901,016

CLOTHES 'PIN BASKET Filed June 27, 1958 FIG. 2.

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United States Patent 2,901,016 CLOTHES PIN BASKET Arthur E. Wilbricht,San Antonio, Tex.

Application June 27, 1958, Serial No. 744,996

1 Claim. (Cl. 150-13) This invention relates to clothes pin receptacles,and more particularly to an improved clothes basket adapted to besuspended on a clothes line.

The main object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedcollapsible clothes pin basket adapted to be suspended on a clothes lineand adapted to contain a relatively large number of clothes pins Withinconvenient reach for use as required, the basket being simple inconstruction, being relatively compact in size, and being collapsible toa relatively small volume.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedcollapsible receptacle adapted to be employed as a clothes basket or forany other purpose, said receptacle being inexpensive to manufacture,being durable, and being easy to take apart for cleaning the mainreceptacle body portion, whenever required.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following description and claim, and from the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of an improved collapsible clothes pinbasket constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom view of the clothes pin basket of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the rigid frame member employed with theclothes pin basket of Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a horizontal cross sectional View taken on the line 44 ofFigure 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical cross sectional detail view taken onthe line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the improved clothes pin basket is designatedgenerally at 11 and comprises a rigid generally rectangular frame, suchas a square frame,

shown at 12, said frame being provided adjacent its corner portions withrespective inwardly projecting apertured lugs 13 which are disposed inthe manner illustrated in Figure 3. Thus, a pair of opposing sideelements of the frame 12 are provided with the respective lugs 13, 13adjacent the corner portions of the frame 12.

Designated at 14 is a generally rectangular receptacle of flexiblematerial, such as heavy fabric material, said receptacle havingsubstantially the same horizontal cross sectional shape as the frame 12and receiving said frame at its upper marginal portion, said uppermarginal portion being formed with the respective flaps 15, 15 and 16,16, which are engageable over the respective arms of the square frame 12to define hems at the top portions of the respective sides of thereceptacle 14, said hems receiving the respective arms of the squareframe 12. The flaps 15, 15 and 16, 16 are provided with snap fastenerelements 17 which are lockingly engageable with cooperating snapfastener elements 18 provided on the upper portions of the respectivewalls of the receptacle 14, whereby the receptacle is detachably securedon the frame 12 with the arms of said frame received in the hems definedinwardly adjacent to the downwardly folded flaps 15, 15 and 16, 16.

The flaps 15, 15 are formed with suitable apertures 20 ice through whichthe horizontal apertured lugs 13 extend, as shown in Figure 5.

Connected to the respective pairs of apertured lugs 13, 13 at each sideof the receptacle 14 are the respective upwardly converging cableelements 22, 22, said cable elements being knotted at their lowerportions, as shown at 23, to engage beneath the lugs 13, the cableelements passing upwardly through said lugs and being connected at theirtop ends to rings 24, 24, as shown in Figure 1. Similarly connected tothe rings 24, 24 are a pair of additional cable elements 25, 25 whichextend convergently upwardly and are connected at their top ends to asnap hook 26, whereby the snap hook may be engaged on a clothes line 27,or other similar object, to suspend the receptacle therefrom.

The respective cable elements are provided at their ends withsleeve-like ferrule members 28 of metal, or other relatively rigiddurable material, to prevent unraveling of the cable elements at theirends.

Designated at 30 is a rigid bottom board which is detachably secured inthe bottom of the receptacle 14 so as to rigidify the receptacle, saidboard being substantially similar in shape to the receptacle so that itmaintains the receptacle in an expanded condition. The bottom board 30is formed with a plurality of apertures 31, distributed over said bottomboard generally in the manner illustrated in Figure 4. The bottom wall32 of the flexible receptacle 14 is formed with eyelets 33 which arearranged so that they will register with corresponding apertures 31 ofthe board 30. A flexible cord 35 is laced through the registeringapertures 33 and 31 in the manner shown in Figures 2 and 4, and the endsof the cord 35 are knotted together at the upper surface of the board30, whereby to fasten the board to the bottom wall 32 of the flexiblereceptacle 14.

As will be readily apparent, the receptacle 14 may be readily unfastenedfrom the bottom board 30 and from the frame 12, so that it may belaundered, as required. To replace the receptacle, it is merelynecessary to engage same on the rigid frame 112, fasten the cables 22 tothe lugs 13 and insert the bottom board 30, securing said bottom boardto the bottom. wall 32 of the receptacle by lacing the flexible cord 35through the registering apertures 31 33, as above described. Theapertures 33 are preferably reinforced by suitable grommets.

As will be readily apparent, the clothes pin basket assembly may bereadily attached to a clothes line 27 by engaging the snap hook 26 onthe clothes line, as illustrated in Figure 1. The basket may besimilarly attached to any other horizontal cable or rod-like member inthe same manner so that the basket may be employed not only forsupporting clothes pins, but also for supporting other objects, if sodesired.

While a specific embodiment of an improved clothes pin basket has beendisclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood thatvarious modifications Within the spirit of the invention may occur tothose skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitationsbe placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of theappended claim.

What is claimed is:

A clothes pin basket comprising a rigidsquare frame, a square receptacleof flexible material provided with a hem at its top margin receiving theframe, respective inwardly extending apertured lugs secured to oppositeside elements of said frame adjacent the corners of the frame andextending through said hem, flexible cable members secured to saidapertured lugs, respective additional flexible cable members connectedto the outer ends of op- 3 posing, pairs of thefirstrnamed-cablemembers, a snaphook member secured to the outer ends ofthe last-named cable members, a plurality of spaced eyelets in thebottom wall" of: the, receptaele; a square rig-id bottom boardin saidreceptacle, said bottom board being formedawith aperturesregisteringwith said'ey'elets; and' a flexible cord member laced througll saidregistering apertures and eyelets and fastened theretcr'so as to'detachablyisecuresaidi bottomiboardi to the'bottommwallbf the receptacleand to; 'rigidify' same.

ReferencesGited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS JonesFeb. 3, 1903 Hepner May 23, 1905 Allen July 1, 1913 Lifton 2. June 28,1927 Shipman Feb. 9, 1932 Roberts- Nov. 24, 1942 Brady -1 Apr, 24, 1951

